21st century houses - 150 of the worlds best

Robyn Beaver

150of the Worlds Best

21st Century Houses

21st CenturyHouses

Robyn Beaver

21st CenturyHouses

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8 1290 Residence and StudioSigrid Miller Pollin, FAIA, Architect

12 Alexander ResidenceKen Tate Architect

16 Altamira RanchMarmol Radziner + Associates

20 Archipelago HouseTham & Videgrd Hansson Arkitekter

24 Asia ModernGraham Jones Design

28 Bach with Two RoofsIrving Smith Jack Architects

32 Balmoral House Arkheeld

34 Beach HouseNagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay PenneyArchitects Ltd.

38 Benedict Canyon ResidenceGrifn Enright Architects

40 Berkshire ResidenceMorrison Seifert Murphy

44 Bills HouseTony Owen Partners

48 Blue Jay WayMcClean Design

52 Box HouseAlan Chu & Cristiano Kato

54 Brick Weave HouseStudio Gang Architects

56 Buisson ResidenceRobert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect

60 CarolineJolson

64 Casa CDamilano Studio Architects

68 Casa Chihuahua PRODUCTORA

70 Casa Fray Len57STUDIO

72 Casa Kbler57STUDIO

74 Casa RambedQuim Larrea and Katherine Bedwell

76 CasablancaKeizo Matsuda

78 Cascade HousePaul Raff Studio

80 Casin di Palazzo Lezze Filippo Caprioglio

84 Castors HouseBertrand Portier Architecte

88 Centennial Park HouseInnovarchi

90 Chestnut ResidenceLPA, Inc.

94 Chimney HouseMarcio Kogan + Studio MK27

96 Colonial HouseRobert Adam Architects

100 Concrete HouseBAK Arquitectos

104 Coogee Beach HouseLexis Design and CM Hairis Architects

106 Crans-prs-Cligny HousesGroup8

108 Davidson ResidenceMcClean Design

112 Downing ResidenceIbarra Rosano Design Architects

114 Edge HouseJarmund/Vigsnaes AS Architects MNAL

116 ElysiumArkheeld

120 Enclosed Open House Wallower Architecture + Design

124 Farm HouseJarmund/Vigsnaes AS Architects MNAL

126 Fennell ResidenceRobert Oshatz Architect

130 Flamarion RDLP Arquitectos

134 Foote-Pelletier ResidenceBarba + Wheelock

136 Ford Ward Bunker HouseEggleston Farkas Architects

140 Forty-ve Faber ParkONG&ONG Pte Ltd

144 Frisina ResidenceThe Warner Group Architects, Inc.

148 Glade House Frederick Phillips and Associates

150 Gradman HouseSwatt | Miers Architects

154 GrangegormanODOS Architects

156 Grid HouseForte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos

160 GwingannaPaul Uhlmann Architects

162 Harbour ResidenceMarchese + Partners International

164 Hidden HouseStandard

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166 Hong Kong VillaOlson Kundig Architects

170 Horizontal SpaceDamilano Studio Architects

172 House 2 for a PhotographerCarlos Ferrater, OAB

174 House 53Marcio Kogan + Studio MK27

176 House DBevk Perovic Arhitekti

178 House DijkJagerJanssen architecten BNA

180 House GK_M Architektur

184 House HanenDickJagerJanssen architecten BNA

186 House HBBevk Perovic Arhitekti

188 House in CuritibaUna Arquitetos

192 House in KakinokizakaSatoshi Okada

196 House in Las CasuarinasJavier Artadi

198 House KTham & Videgrd Hansson Arkitekter

200 House MMarc Koehler Architects

202 House of LightOlson Kundig Architects

206 House on Hoopers Island David Jameson Architect

208 House Rieteiland Kirsten Gabrils, James Webb

210 House SHHiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects

212 Hudson-Panos HouseSwatt | Miers Architects

216 IJburg House Marc Koehler Architects

220 Jigsaw David Jameson Architect

222 Joanpolis HouseUna Arquitetos

226 Kumar ResidenceMorphogenesis

228 L HousePhilippe Stuebi Architekten

230 Laidley ResidenceZack/de Vito Architecture

232 Lake Calhoun ResidenceCharles R. Stinson Architects

236 Lake HouseKohn Shnier Architects

238 Lake Walen HouseK_M Architektur

242 Lobster Boat Housechadbourne + doss architects

244 Love HouseTakeshi Hosaka

246 L-Stack House Marlon Blackwell Architect

248 Lyndhurst WayRichard Dudzicki Associates Ltd

250 Maison de la LumireDamilano Studio Architects

254 Maytree HouseODOS Architects

256 Mews House 03Andy Martin Associates

258 Moir ResidenceMoore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

260 Moko HousePeter Winkler Architects

262 Montecito ResidenceOlson Kundig Architects

266 Muted HouseAboday Architect

270 N85 ResidenceMorphogenesis

272 Necklace HouseHiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects

274 New Moon ResidenceEhrlich Architects

278 Nighthawk RetreatEggleston Farkas Architects

282 Nourse ResidenceThe Warner Group Architects, Inc.

286 Noyack Creek ResidenceBates Masi Architects

288 O HousePhilippe Stuebi Architekten

292 Oaklands HouseAMA Architects

294 Old Greenwich ResidenceAustin Patterson Disston Architects

298 Omarapeti HouseBevin + Slessor Architects

302 Osler HouseMarcio Kogan + Studio MK27

304 Paddock HouseAMA Architects

308 Panoramic HouseK_M Architektur

310 ParabolaYasuhiro Yamashita/Atelier Tekuto

312 Piedra Roja HouseRiesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados

314 Quinta Da SerraAdam Richards Architects

318 Redmond ResidenceFINNE Architects

322 Residence for a BriardSander Architects, LLC

324 Residence SchlterMeixner Schlter Wendt Architekten

326 Riddell Road HousePete Bossley Architects

330 Rising Glen ResidenceJanna Levenstein/Tocha Project

334 Robinson House Tim Dorrington Architects

336 Rota HouseManuel Ocaa

338 Rubin ResidenceMcIntosh Poris Associates

342 Ruddell HouseMoore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

346 Rutherford HouseTim Dorrington Architects

348 San AgustnRDLP Arquitectos

352 Screen HouseRandy Bens Architect

354 Sherman ResidenceLorcan OHerlihy Architects

356 Shop HouseONG&ONG Pte Ltd

360 Simon ResidenceSafdie Rabines Architects

364 Stern ResidenceMojo Stumer Associates

366 SunriseJolson

368 Swan Street ResidenceIredale Pedersen Hook Architects

370 Temple Hills ResidenceLPA, Inc.

374 Thirty-one Blair RoadONG&ONG

378 Todos Santos HouseGracia Studio

380 Tree HouseStandard

382 Two Rock Reef HouseSusan Maxman, FAIA, SMP Architects

386 Vancouver HouseBing Thom Architects

390 Vanguard Way ResidenceMorrison Seifert Murphy

394 Vee HouseCampbell Luscombe Folk Lichtman Architects

396 Verdant AvenueRobert Mills Architects

400 Vienna WayMarmol Radziner + Associates

404 Villa 1Powerhouse Company

406 Villa BerkelArchitectenbureau Paul de Ruiter

408 Villa GSaunders Architecture

410 Villa Paya-PayaAboday Architect

412 Villa RlingArchitectenbureau Paul de Ruiter

414 Villa StoringavikaSaunders Architecture

416 W House Bernardes + Jacobsen Arquitetura

420 Weigel ResidenceSubstance Architecture

422 Westchester HouseZivkovic Connolly Architects

426 Wexler ResidenceMojo Stumer Associates

430 Wheeler ResidenceWilliam Duff Architects

434 White LadybirdYasuhiro Yamashita/Atelier Tekuto

438 Wissioming ResidenceRobert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect

442 (W)right HouseCharles Wright Architects

446 YTL ResidenceJouin Manku

450 Zausner ResidenceBarba + Wheelock

454 Index of Architects

8This residence is inspired by the traditional white clapboard farmhouses ofNew England. It takes its cues from the specics of the site and acontemporary programmatic mix of spaces for living and working. Asweeping curve connects an art and architecture workspace on the west,a drive-through arbor in the center, and living space on the east. Theliving/dining space opens up exuberantly to views of the meadow to theeast while maintaining privacy with high walls and clerestory windows.The operable clerestory windows on the west and operable view windowson the east provide cross ventilation through the living/dining space. Thetraditional screen porch at the lower level is reinterpreted with analuminum frame grid.

The studio/work wing is located perpendicular to the residential spaces.This L-shaped plan forms an entry garden area with a cobblestone drivewaythat doubles as a patio area. The driveway passes through an arbordesigned for climbing, owering vines and which also acts as a rainwatercollector. The project features an abundance of sustainable designcomponents, including radiant heating, bamboo ooring, low-E glazing,rainwater harvesting, natural light and ventilation throughout, high R-valueceiling and oor insulation, and landscaping with native species.

1290 Residence and Studio Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Sigrid Miller Pollin, FAIA, Architect

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The architect likens this house to a New Orleans gumbo. Like the famousrecipe, the 13,000-square-foot residence comprising seven buildingsfeatures a mlange of cultures and styles. The porches have the deepoverhangs and sturdy Tuscan columns of French West Indies and LouisianaCreole plantation houses; in the living room, massive ceiling beams andSpanish arches evoke the bold style of the Cabildo, the seat of colonialgovernment in New Orleans. The neoclassical door surround, the fanlightabove the front door, and the millwork within refer to the Federal Style; thewide arches on the rear faade resemble Spanish colonial architecture.

The interiors have a continental French style, injecting a rened, cosmopolitanelement. There are a variety of woods in the interior, including nely milledFederal details, painted rough-cut beams, and unpainted heart pine.

The architects vision was that the house resemble an old West Indianplantation that had grown and changed over time. To create that effect, thetwo wings that stand alongside the main house look as if they were oncefreestanding structures. The varying heights and materials of the two wingscreate the illusion that they may have been built at different times.

Alexander ResidenceNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ken Tate Architect

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1 Front gallery2 Entrance hall3 Dining room4 Butlers pantry5 Bar6 Caterers kitchen7 Family room8 Courtyard9 Three-car garage

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While impressive in scale, this residence looks and feels as though itemerged from the surrounding environment. This is achieved through theuse of building materials that either are or resemble indigenous stone, andan almost 100-percent native California plant palette.

To avoid disturbing the land more than necessary, the four separatebuildingsmain house, study, guest house, and garagewere cut into theterrain. As a result, the subterranean garage and partially buried main houseseem to emerge from the ground as the land slopes toward the ocean.

Carefully located plant massings frame the views of Inspiration Point andCatalina Island and begin to create distinct destinations within the

landscape. Curving pathways of decomposed granite gravel were laid outto connect the house with a vegetable garden, olive orchard, campingplatform, beach volleyball area, and various look-out points.

Connections to the site extend beyond the physical locations of thestructures and outdoor areas to the selection of building and landscapematerials that repeat the colors and textures indigenous to the area. Localshale was used to clad the concrete walls, the landscape boulders wereharvested from a nearby quarry, and the more than 30,000 plants werecontract-grown from native California seed.

Altamira RanchRancho Palos Verdes, California, USA

Marmol Radziner + Associates

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The starting point of this design was the direct relationship of the site to thedramatic archipelago landscape; the objective was to offer, within a simpleframe, several diverse readings of the spacenature relationship.

The site generated the geometry of the house; it is slipped into the atsurface between two boulders, and turns simultaneously toward thesouthern sun and western water views. Placing the house on the only atpart of the site avoided any damage to the smooth rocks that characterizethe area. The natural ground remains intact, right up to the perimeter of thenew building.

The house is conceived as a frame for its surroundings. The smaller roomsare placed at the back, so that the social areas of the house stand out asan open platform criss-crossed by sliding glass. These large, sliding glassplanes create a series of outdoor living zones that are sheltered from thestrong winds and help to dissolve the limits between interior space, theterrace, and the horizon.

Exterior materials are massive black-stained wood and plywood panels.Interior materials include white oak plank oors, and planed Swedishlimestone under the replace.

Archipelago HouseStockholm Archipelago, Sweden

Tham & Videgrd Hansson Arkitekter

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Located at the highest point of a sloping site, this majestic, resort-styledhome captivates its surroundings with views across Port Phillip Bay to thecity of Melbourne and beyond.

Being regular travelers to Southeast Asia, the owners loved the feel ofcontemporary Asian residencesthe arrangement of seamless spaces thatutilize outdoor living, separate pavilions set among water gardens, and theelegant use of beautiful timbers and natural stone.

Entry to the home is at the rear of the principal pavilion. Passing by a largebasement car park, encountering a stone stairway via a trickling water wall,

one looks up into Asian-styled water gardens with timber-plankedpathways leading to separate pavilions. A double-volume entry has a wallof glass following the open stair to the upper level. Beyond the importedJavanese stone walls and massive radial-sawn timber screen at the entryare views through the open living room and teppanyaki bar, across theresort pool and bale day-bed pavilion, to the tennis court and bay beyond.

The principal kitchen, living room, and master suite are located on the upperlevel where timber bi-folding doors open up to north-facing stone terraces,protected by huge eaves oating above.

Asia ModernMt Martha, Victoria, Australia

Graham Jones Design

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1 Bridge2 Void3 Pantry4 Kitchen5 Terrace6 Pool7 Master bedroom8 Stone garden9 Walk-in closet

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1 Entry2 Dumb waiter3 Teppanyaki bar4 Living5 Pond6 Bale daybed pavilion7 Terrace8 Pool9 Spa

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This home comprising three small buildings and the spaces between sitswithin a forest clearing overlooking Golden Bay, at the top of the NewZealands South Island.

Two buildings are inhabited; the larger is for the family, the smaller forfriends or children. Peripheral decks connect to the clearing and to sacricialroong that protects from the eucalypt trees and collects rainwater. Thethird building provides independent amenities to the external spaces, whichare controlled in volume by the placement of buildings within and to theedge of the clearing, allowing various activities.

The buildings are set back from the sea view to sit within the privacy of theforest, allowing the view to be shared by all from external spaces.

Materials are chosen for their ability to blend into the surrounding bushand dappled forest light, and include oiled cedar, simply nished metals,and eucalypt decking. Interiors are consistent and pure with dark ply wall,ceiling, and joinery linings providing a sense of retreat from the clearing,paralleling the privacy afforded to the clearing by the forest surrounds.

Bach with Two RoofsGolden Bay, New Zealand

Irving Smith Jack Architects

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This house is set on a very steep site facing west within one of Brisbanesmiddle ring suburbs. The project combines a renovation and new buildingthat reorients the existing house toward its rear.

The existing building becomes a deep, sheltered space encapsulating theprivate zones of the house. The new house forms the public zone, thefulcrum from which the family distributes its own pattern of interaction.The gap between old and new forms a new gathering place for the housewhile the back of the existing house becomes the new core. The rearkitchen becomes the center of a new household distribution. The existinghouse becomes the private living room and new buildings feed its activity.

The yard becomes a captured landscape to the rear, structured forcontemplation rather than wilderness. It relates directly to a new publicliving room, light-lled and sited to take in views to the city over the topof the existing house. The parents bedroom is perched above, secludedfor privacy but engaged through overlooking of the central outdoor space.Parents achieve separation from children at rest while children gain an earlydomination of living spaces that can alter and grow through adolescenceand beyond.

Balmoral HouseBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Arkheeld

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This 3-acre residential compound tucked into the Michigan sand dunestakes advantage of western lake views as well as vistas up and down theLake Michigan shoreline. The courtyard to the east is protected from windsat the entry. The 4,000-square-foot main house, with a two-story livingroom, is the focal point with bedroom quarters to the north, guest roomquarters to the south, and a courtyard/garage to the east.

Exterior materials are horizontal and vertical gray weathered cedar siding,slate replaces, and r-framed windows and doors. Sun screens protect thewest and south elevations. The decks and roof terraces are variableextensions of the living space. Maple oors, ceilings, and doors and walltrim are selected throughout the interior. Gray slate oor slabs at the entrylevel have radiant heating. Sun screens, full insulation, and solar glass aresome of the sustainable elements.

Beach HouseUpper Michigan, USA

Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKayPenney Architects Ltd.

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This renovation of a 2,600-square-foot, mid-century hillside house in LosAngeles focused on the roof and the interior public spaces.

A portion of the original gabled roof was replaced with an extended planeof the same angle, resulting in a continuous upwardly sweeping surface.This new roof element was folded up and, after replacing the existingstucco wall with a 50-foot-wide, mullionless wall of glass, the rear faadebecame a seamless glazed surface that opens up to the existing landscapeand pool.

Within the new loft-like space, discrete functional areas are dened throughchanges in the ceiling plane, placement of furniture, custom built-ins, and

lighting. An open shelf with slender steel columns functions as bookcaseand room divider.

The ceiling was designed to slope from a height of 7 feet on one side to11 feet on the other with a plywood panel system housing seeminglyrandomly placed slots for track light xtures. This system is punctuated bytwo light boxes and a skylight, allowing for maximum control and exibilityin the lighting.

Existing tiles were removed from the oor; the concrete underneath wasstained and nished with an epoxy resin built up to nearly a half-inchthickness, giving it a liquid quality.

Benedict Canyon ResidenceBeverly Hills, California, USA

Grifn Enright Architects

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The characteristics of this siteits location in a traditional single-familyneighborhood, large mature trees in front, and a busy thoroughfare at therearshaped the ultimate design of the house.

The U-shaped plan turns its back on the noisy thoroughfare and opens toa courtyard that is shaded by the existing canopy of trees. The mass of thehouse shields and protects the courtyard from trafc noise beyond. Thecourtyard is the soul of the house with most of the rooms on the groundlevel opening directly onto it.

The entry sequence begins with a broken pathway leading past a tall,sentinel-like stucco wall to the front gate of teak set into translucent glasssidelights. Beyond the gate, a covered walkway allows views of thecourtyard and the spaces that surround it and leads to a gallery that opensto a display of outdoor sculpture. Finally from the main living space adjacentto the entry gallery, an axial perspective of the courtyard is revealed andthe entire concept becomes apparent.

Large sliding doors from the living room and sliding pocket doors from themaster suite allow the indoor and outdoor spaces to become one andprovide exible arrangements for daily living and entertaining.

Berkshire ResidenceDallas, Texas, USA

Morrison Seifert Murphy

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Because the client is a concrete contractor, this house was designed tomake maximum use of concrete and solid construction. The brief was tocreate a unique, iconic home with maximum connections to outdoor spaces.

The house is designed as a series of blocks with different internal levels,which step up progressively from the street. These changes in levelscreated an opportunity for the strongly stepped external massing as wellas the complex interplay of the stairs in the central internal spaces. The L-shaped conguration maximizes the solar aspect for the living spaces. Acentral courtyard allows light to penetrate the middle of the house and

helps to break up the massing of the faade. A feature of the house is thelarge central staircase, inspired by the James Bond movie, Never Say NeverAgain. The dark polished concrete stair connects the various level changesin a single uid sculptural element.

The curved sail-like rear white walls were designed to reect the sails ofthe shing boats from the Greek Islands. These walls soften the massingand bring a lightness to the house by breaking up the space andprogressively dematerializing it into a series of cantilevered vertical andhorizontal planes to the rear.

Bills House Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Tony Owen Partners

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This house is located on a spectacular lot above Sunset Strip with panoramicviews of downtown and west Los Angeles all the way to Santa Monica,the Pacic, and Catalina Island. The design of the house maximizes accessto the view, with all the main living spaces looking out over it. The almost7,000-square-foot house is divided by a water feature and a pool, whichbecame the central design element of the project. It begins adjacent tothe driveway as a water wall around which the entry sequence is wrapped.Upon ascending to the main level of the house, the water elementbecomes an ornamental pool before dropping into the spa below, afterwhich it becomes a 75-foot-long lap pool, the end of which is cantileveredover the slope into the view.

The master bedroom and study are located on one side of the pool, theliving areas on the other. Below are several guestrooms, a media room,and a four-car garage. The living room and master bedroom arecantilevered over outdoor spaces and appear to hover against thebackground of the city below. The palette of materials is soft andcontemporary with extensive use of concrete, wood, and stone.

Blue Jay WayLos Angeles, California, USA

McClean Design

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The Box House, home of the caretaker of an extensive summer property,is located on Santa Tereza mountain, So Sebastio island, on Brazilssoutheast coast.

Because the site is at one of the main entrances to the property, the aimwas to create something simple but elegant that could be appreciated bypassersby without compromising the caretakers privacy.

The new building has two oors. A white suspended box contains thebedroom and has magnicent views of the mainland and the So SebastioChannel. Under the box, at street level, are the living room, kitchen, andbathroom.

The materials were chosen with regard to their availability, cost, and easeof use. Some of the wood used for doors, windows, staircase, shelves, andfurniture was left over from materials used to make scaffolding and moldsfor the reinforced concrete structure.

The 10- by 16-foot white box is supported on one side by an existingretaining wall and on the other by a wall built from local rocks. The othermain spaces are the access yard between the box and the retaining wall,the courtyard between the box and the rock, and the void under the box.

Box HouseIlhabela, So Paulo, Brazil

Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato

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This house sits on the footprint of a century-old stable in Chicagos WestSide. With a modest budget, the owners hoped to salvage the entirebuilding until hidden re damage was uncovered. Strategically cutting awaydamage and weaving in new construction allowed 30 percent of theoriginal structure to be reused. The front walls and roof were removed,creating a garden surrounded by a porous brick-weave screen.

Variations in ceiling heights and oor levels weave together the two-storygarden at the front of the house with the single-story volume at the backthrough a cascading section.

The brick screen wall demonstrates a sensibility in the use of traditionalmaterials in new and surprising ways. It animates the garden and interiorwith dappled sunlight, establishing a visual connection to and from thestreet. Rectangular voids in the screen throw hexagonal patterns of lightinside while at night, the pattern reverses: the screen becomes a lantern.

Brick-Weave HouseChicago, I llinois, USA

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Situated on a grass knoll and commanding views of Lake Anna in centralVirginia, this house emerges as a long, white painted brick wall with acopper-clad volume cantilevered above the wall.

The entry, living, and sleeping spaces are arranged linearly to maximizelake views and to take advantage of the southern exposure. Largeoverhangs and motorized shades combine to limit heat gain during thesummer while allowing the sun to penetrate deep into the interior duringthe winter.

The second-oor roof and exterior walls are wrapped in copper with fullyglazed east and west walls inset from the ends of the copper volume. The

glazed wall at the east end provides abundant light into the double-heightentry hall while the glazing on the west end provides light to twobedrooms and views of the lake. A single, large punctuation in thesouthern copper-clad faade allows views from a second-oor ofce. Thesloping roof and canted front wall are designed to deect erce north windand shed water from intense storms.

Detailing is minimal and precise. The rigor of the design, the linearorganization of spaces and the continuous presence of the wall provide adeliberate sharp contrast to the irregular beauty of the landscape beyond.

Buisson ResidenceLake Anna, Virginia, USA

Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect

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This inner-Melbourne residence is situated on an elevated site on a tightsloping bend in the road with river views to the north.

The architect faced some challenges, including planning restrictions relatingto adjoining substations and height covenants, together with a low-proledstreet elevation. Views to the river from adjoining properties were alsoprotected by covenant and there were limited opportunities for boundarywindows.

The result is a residence sculptured into the site, creating an unexpectedvolume of interior space, light, and privacy. The house pivots around acentral light court and sunken reection pond that creates a natural coolingdevice and also bounces light into the lower rooms.

Accommodation includes three bedrooms and a study over two levels. Thebase palette consists of neutral materials and colors with travertine marbleused extensively in the bathrooms, kitchen, and living areas. A bronzesculpture, Flora Exempla by Andrew Rogers, was carefully positioned onthe surface of the reection pond.

Detail resolution throughout the house supports continuous internal andexternal form. Finely mitered stonework, recessed window frames and doortracks, and hidden blinds and services create a seamless integration ofindoor and outdoor space and form.

CarolineMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jolson

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1 First floor entry2 Stair water feature3 Lounge/dining4 Void/sculpture5 Kitchen6 Terrace entertaining7 Outdoor bonfire8 Master bedroom9 Dressing

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This house was designed to bring the outdoors in by interweaving asequence of internal and external rooms. The core of the house is the livingarea, which features two large windows, one with a view to the swimmingpool, the other to a more domestic landscape of an external paved area anda meadow beyond.

Comprising ground oor and basement spaces, the house is ooded withlight and white absolutely dominates, emphasizing its brightness. The whiteof the stone is softened by the wood that denes the entrance and theexternal dining area.

The two sleeping areas occupy the two wings of the house; the masterbedroom has its own bathroom, with a shower that breaks through theouter wall with a oor-to-ceiling opal glass wall. In the basement are asmall guest apartment, study, and a large gym that includes a relaxationarea enclosed in a glass box. These rooms are directly accessible from theoutside through terraces and large wooden steps crossing the garden andrising up to the buildings entrance level. By night, the lighting plays aspectacular role, accentuating the contrast between the solid and emptyelements that characterize the house.

Casa CCuneo, Italy

Damilano Studio Architects

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This house is part of a golf club community in the desert-like northernregion of Mexico. The dwelling was designed to accommodate the specialclimatic characteristics of the area: in winter temperatures can fall to 10degrees Fahrenheit (10 C), while in summer temperatures can rise toabove 100 degrees (40 C). The differences between daytime andnighttime temperatures can vary by as much as 20 degrees. To balancethe extreme temperature differences, the house was partially buried in the

mountain slope to take advantage of the soils thermal mass. The colder soilaround the house absorbs heat accumulated during the day, and at nightthe ground gives off heat to the building.

The house is organized around a series of patios and roof openings thatprovide light, ventilation, and views to different areas of the house. Thesloped roof acts as a new topography, which blurs the boundaries betweenthe constructed area and the surrounding landscape.

Casa ChihuahuaChihuahua, Mexico

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The clients had lived in this neighborhood for almost 30 years, but wanteda larger house. This new 8,600-square-foot residence was designed aroundthe existing trees and landscaping on the site.

The H-shaped plan, with a second level over the central wing, adapts wellto the features of the site and creates a number of different patios. Theinterior spaces are organized around a native tree (Cryptocarya alba).Through the hall, an enormous avocado tree is framed toward the north,and a private wing toward the east is delineated by an old macrocarpa

cypress. Over the central wing is a second private level with a terrace at oneend. On the west wing, the public spaces open toward the northern gardenthrough a porch, and the service areas direct their view toward an ashleafmaple. The services wing extends to the south by means of a roof with anopening that surrounds a native Crinodendron patagua that separates theclosed garage from the rest of the house. The swimming pool nestles intothe sites lowest point, where it relates to the rest of the garden.

Casa Fray Len Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

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This 4,520-square-foot house is in a residential park in northern Santiago.The site, mostly surrounded by golf courses and green areas, is characterizedby the constant presence of the Andes, high temperatures during thesummer, and winds from the south.

The interior spaces of the house are organized around a central patio thatis open on the north side to allow views toward the garden. A water mirrorruns across a third of its surface, reinforcing this perspective through aporch. The public areas constantly interact with the patio, from the main

access to the family room, articulating the service areas toward the west.On the east side, a double-height wall lightly encloses the private areawithout completely separating it from the patio. The master bedroom opensto a large porch with extensive views over the barbecue area, theswimming pool, and the wider landscape.

Some peripheral walls are extended to direct the views and protect thehouse from the winds and nearby streets. Slabs extend as oversized eavesto protect windows from the sun and to cover the terraces.

Casa KblerLas Brisas de Chicureo, Colina, Chile

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This house, 20 miles northwest of Barcelona, was designed for a youngcouple with two small daughters. In response to their requirement forcomfort, functionality, and transparency, the architects designed uid spacesthat have a continuous relationship with the exterior of the house.

The house is placed on the highest point of the irregularly shaped site; itstwo wings form a V-shaped plan that engages the house with thesurrounding forest. A foyer acts as the hinge of the house from where thetwo zones are distributed: night/private, and day/public. The kitchen, livingroom, and dining room are located in the day/public wing. It is a single

space, like an American family room. The garage/laundry and powderroom are also placed in this wing on the ground oor level.

In the night/private wing are the childrens bedrooms, a bathroom, a guest-room suite on the ground oor level, and a master bedroom and workstudio on the second oor.

Materials were chosen for their ability to integrate well with thesurroundings and include limestone, wood, and steel. A color scheme ofsober and neutral tones blends seamlessly with the sites naturalbackground setting.

Casa RambedBarcelona, Spain

Quim Larrea and Katherine Bedwell

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Although when construction began on this house there were no immediateneighbors, the architects decided to turn the focus inward, while using asmuch of the site as possible. The clients brief included high levels ofsecurity and privacy, bright spaces, and a study space that included largebookshelves. Interior parking for a motorcycle was also a requirement.

The house is focused toward the internal private courtyard garden. Theentrance is on the same level as the street, to assist with wheeling amotorcycle into the house. Traditional Japanese details include a doma,(a transitional area between the entrance and the inner part of the house)

and a tatami room. To compensate for the lack of views, the design bringsthe rst and second oors close to the ground oor by means of a voidabove the ground-oor living area. A 26-foot skylight allows daylight toreach the center of the house. The internal garden courtyard also providesabundant daylight.

On the second oor, the bedroom (equipped as a type of panic room) andthe dining room are reached by separate sets of stairs. High wooden wallssurround the internal garden, giving complete privacy.

CasablancaOsaka, Japan

Keizo Matsuda

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Set at the apex of a curved street, this house presents as a sculpture ofstacked boxes composed from shards of glass and muted black slate. Thetwo-and-a-half-story house is congured in an L shape around an outdoorswimming pool. It has a passive solar design, with most of its energy needssupplied by the sun. The living room, dining room, and a powder room canbe closed off from the kitchen and family room at the rear of the house.The childrens rooms and a home ofce are on the second oor, topped bya master suite in a pavilion on the roof.

The most dramatic design strategy is a 13-foot-tall screen of 475 verticallystacked sheets of heavy, jagged-cut glass canted slightly away from thesidewalk. The screen was conceived to maximize sunlight in the living roomwhile providing privacy from the street. Complementing the translucentwall is a freestanding heat-sink wall of dark slate that acts as a centralspine. Framing the feature staircase, it rises from the lower level of thehouse to the top oor, creating a unied visual connection throughout thehouse. Random apertures provide niches for child play and display, and alsodapple the transference of light.

Cascade HouseToronto, Ontario, Canada

Paul Raff Studio

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1 Master suite2 Bedroom3 Atrium4 Study5 Kitchen/family6 Dining7 Entrance vestibule8 Living9 Pool

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This beautiful residence is hidden behind the faade of a 17th-centurypalazzo by Baldassarre Longhena overlooking the Rio della Sensa canal.

The project involved creating a new entrance hole in the brick borderwall, which leads to the garden through a minimalist corten steel staircase.The main faade was restored conservatively and is now characterized byan internal glass door with steel proles, painted white, that connectsdirectly to the living area. A library for the owners 10,000 books coversthe full height of the wall on the southwest side of the living area.

The ground oor is a single open living and dining space. Opposite the gardenentrance is a typical Venetian water door; access through a new system ofsteps allows higher access to the house from the water level and protects itfrom the tides but also allows water to enter underneath the glass box.

A linear stair, made of steel and glass, leads to the upper loft level,constructed of steel, which houses the bedroom and bathroom. Thestaircase connects to the balcony and to a system of technical steel andglass catwalks, from which the library can be accessed.

Casin di Palazzo LezzeVenice, Italy

Filippo Caprioglio

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This house was built entirely out of concrete by a small local company.Because access to the site was very difcult, all the concrete had to betransported manually with a wheelbarrow.

The 1,830-square-foot house brings the beauty of its surroundings inside.The double-height living room is an imposing feature of the architecture,from the inside as well as the outside. It offers a magnicent viewoverlooking the island of Moorea, beautiful sunsets, and a rare panorama.A part of the living room opens directly to the swimming pool, allowingresidents to dive directly into the pool. As aluminum-framed windows

do not withstand cyclone-force winds if they exceed 8 feet in height, a motorized sectional gate, generally used for hangars and garages, is usedto open and close the 16- by 13-foot-wide bay window in the living room.

The living area also features an open replace, a seemingly incongruousaddition in the hot tropical climate of Tahiti, but the altitude (almost 4,000feet) means that it can become quite cold during winter.

The houses grey tones help it blend into the natural location. The orangeaccent color was chosen as an homage to Paul Gauguin, who used it togreat effect more than 100 years ago.

Castors HouseTahiti, French Polynesia

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The original cottage on this site was small and dark and did not reect thegrandeur of the surrounding houses in the street. Conceived within aheritage context, this new inll house comprises two separate volumeslinked by a double-height space. The footprint of the original house and itsmain front elevation became the springboard for the site of the rst volumethat dominates the street elevation. The second volume sits behind andprojects beyond the rst, creating a double-height entry faade connectingto the existing entry pathway through the English garden which has beenpreserved. The roof forms mimic the height and pitch of the original house,

and the primary external surface materials are the same as those on theoriginal dwelling.

Strong blade walls running northsouth create privacy to and from theneighbors and channel views and solar access throughout the house. Eachspace in the timber grid is treated with a different timber and glass inllcomprising detailing borrowed from buildings in the surroundingneighborhood. This timber treatment is a contemporary reection of thetraditional use of timber joinery in the ornamentation of the brick housesbuilt in the precinct around the time of Federation (1901).

Centennial Park HouseSydney, New South Wales, Australia

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This house demonstrates that sustainable design is affordable and doesnthave to add cost to any project type, including a custom home.

The two-story, four-bedroom house wraps a central courtyard on three sideswith 10-foot-wide pocket doors opening to the outside. The courtyardsclimate passively heats and cools the house by taking advantage of theprevailing breezes. The two-story great room is used for night ushing inthe summer and a whole-house fan vents the space as required. The housecan be open or closed depending on the climate conditions, allowing theoccupants to shape their living environment. Private spaces are located

upstairs and are connected by a perforated plywood bridge that allowsthe movement of light and air. The translucent skylight, with signicantinsulation properties, lights the kitchen area of the great room, which isclosed to mitigate trafc noise from the adjacent highway.

As a demonstration of passive and active systems, a 5.3 kW photovoltaicpanel system integrated with the cool roof provides much of the homesenergy needs. The green features were made affordable by the trade-offsin the simple palette of materials used on the house: integral color plaster(no painting), Douglas r siding, and drywall throughout the interiors.

Chestnut ResidenceNewport Beach, California, USA

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A wooden patio with trees, formed by the volumetry of the house and aconcrete wall, articulates the entire program of this So Paulo house. Theliving room is enclosed in the boxed ground oor and wide windows openit to the external space. This room, just 21 by 34 feet, with a ceiling heightof less than 7 feet, is a cozy space, accentuated by the textured concreteceiling made with narrow wooden formwork.

The two-story volume, arranged perpendicular to the living room, containsthe service program, the kitchen, and a TV room on the ground oor and

three bedrooms on the second oor. Sliding wooden brise soleils lter thelight into the interior and the windows open out to the patio. The masterbedroom extends outward to a wood-decked solarium. In this space aground re can be used to cook a barbecue on a sunny day or to light thehouse on a dark night. The chimneys on the rooftop are of varied shapes,inspired by the chimneys on the rows of houses in the city of So Paulo.

Chimney House So Paulo, Brazil

Marcio Kogan + Studio MK27

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This house, part of a seaside development in The Bahamas, sits on a dunecrest. Designed in a Colonial style, it features traditional Caribbean detailsand provides more than 10,000 square feet of accommodation.

Upon entering the house through the front door, the spectacular view of thesea is immediately revealed. The main accommodation is contained in thecentral section of the house, arranged around a double-height stair hall.Two subsidiary wings contain a library and play room, away from the morepublic areas of the building. A wide portico on the entrance front terminatesa vista from the approach road and the seaward faade. A full-length two-story portico overlooks the pool and the ocean.

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Colonial HouseThe Bahamas

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Mar Azul is a seaside town 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, characterizedfor its large dune beach and leafy coniferous forest. This low-budget housein the forest was designed to have minimum impact on the landscape, tobe low-maintenance, and to be constructed as quickly as possible. Toaccommodate the sites 20-foot incline, the house is half-buried so that itmerges into the site, presenting a different faade on each side. Thesouthwest faade is buried in the sand and features a continuous glazedopening. The northwest curtain wall faade features a balcony that allowsdistant views while a series of concrete partition walls protect the privacyof the occupants.

The house does not have a main entrance. In this forest microclimate,orientation was not important since the pines provide protection from thesun and wind. Car parking, the barbecue, the sunbathing platform, andother outdoor features were not organized by functional reasons but ratherby the topography. The garden was left largely untouched, to retain thenatural quality of the landscape.

Furniture, designed by the architects, is made from Canadian pine recoveredfrom automotive packing, providing a connection to the forest surrounds.The table is a concrete slab joined to the exterior wall.

Concrete HouseMar Azul, Villa Gesell Department,Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

BAK Arquitectos

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This new family residence in Sydneys eastern suburbs overlooks WeddingCake Island. A linear and sculptural envelope, the emphasis is on maximizednatural light, effective sightlinesincluding ocean viewsand exceptionallylivable space.

The spatial volume is tailored to the contours of the landscape, and isarticulated with seamless, uent lines. The internal planning connectsspaces and living areas with comfortable uidity. The volume sequence,with double-height cut-outs, split levels, and half-height walls, promotesinternal and external sightlines and is linked by a dynamic oating staircase.

Tonal veneers, white glass, Caesar stone, and aluminum were selected forthe spacious kitchen; veneered walls and pivot doors add further continuityand introduce warm tones to the area. Warmth and visual interest are alsointegrated through the discerning use of Calcutta marble and connectingtravertine oors.

Specialist nishes on key surfaces were selected to offset the buildingsclean lines with contrast and texture. Raw, unrened materials alongsidehoned and polished stone, and ink-stained timber oors bring depth andsensory interest. Intimacy is further introduced in the upper levels by theuse of soft wool carpeted oors to mute acoustics and add tactility to theprivate areas of the house.

Coogee Beach HouseSydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Crans-prs-Cligny is a peaceful village located at Lake Geneva, about 9 milesfrom the city of Geneva. These houses are part of a residential developmentin an almost agricultural environment with views toward the Alps.

The site is between the railway and the lakeside. The architects describe thethree separate red volumes as stones thrown in a grass eld, which forma single entity through their interaction. The complex sculptural volumes

offer ever-changing perceptions of the project; deformation and perforationare used to respond to the site, avoiding repetitious symmetry.

An essential part of the project is its materiality. Ochre-colored concretewas chosen to give the ensemble an unusual and tactile texture and astrong silhouette against the green lawn site.

Crans-prs-Cligny HousesGeneva, Switzerland

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This new house replaces an existing house that the clients had occupied forseveral years. Not wanting to move from their current location, they desireda house that would relate primarily to its garden with an open,contemporary feel.

The site is on a suburban cul-de-sac close to a beautiful beach but viewsto the ocean are limited and available from the second level only. Inaddition, the size of the upper level was severely restricted by local viewpreservation requirements. With this in mind, all the primary rooms arelocated at ground level, including the master bedroom.

The main living space includes a 30-foot retractable glass wall that allowsthe kitchen and living room to feel like part of the garden on warm days.

The kitchen island extends into the backyard and the garden and livingspaces ow seamlessly when the doors are retracted.

The curved front of the house is nished in dark metal panels, contrastingwith the horizontal lines of the rest of the house. The double-height entrylinks the two levels of the home and focuses the view to the rear yard andfountain.

The sleek palette of materials includes black metal panels, stainless steel,aluminum, glass, charcoal cabinets, and stone.

Davidson ResidenceLaguna Beach, California, USA

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Barely discernable from its mountainside backdrop, this 3,500-square-foothouse pivots to follow the topography and optimize views toward city lightsand nearby and distant mountains. The three carefully nestled split-faceblock pavilions are built as independent structures linked by glass circulationspaces that blend with surrounding rock outcroppings.

The house opens to cross ventilation to maintain comfort passively andefciently. The southeast-facing windows collect warmth in the winter whilewest-facing glass is kept to a minimum.

While the houses material palette is simpleblock, steel, glass, birch, andmesquitethe result is dramatic and uplifting spaces with a spatialcomplexity resulting from the ever-changing daylight, seasonal blooms,dramatic storms, and desert sunsets.

Downing ResidenceTucson, Arizona, USA

Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

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The Edge House is located at Kolbotn, a suburb south of Oslo. The clients,a young couple, asked for a spectacular house on a limited budget. Theyhad purchased a challenging site with a 25-foot height difference from theaccess road to a plateau, and they wanted a house that looked like youcould shoot a James Bond movie in it.

To preserve the plateau, the building was pushed toward the easternperimeter of the site, suspended above the slope on slender steel columns.The entrance stair rises along the slope through the house up to the plateau.

This strategy avoided costly excavation, hiding the technical connections inthe stair. At the same time it preserved the existing characteristics of the

site, creating a dramatic interplay between volume and site. The entrancecondition and the experience from the inside attempts to underline thisinterplay.

The compact interior is horizontally organized, with bedrooms andbathrooms effectively along a corridor.

The main structure is steel, with a polished concrete oor slab. The interioris clad in birch plywood, the exterior in naturally colored ber cement board.

Edge House Kolbotn, Norway

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This house, part of the exclusive Elysium community, was designed withthe aim of combining the attractions of coastal living with regionallyinspired sub-tropical modernism and the qualities and natural assets ofthe specic site.

The concept centers on strong simple forms and materials that createvolume, light, shadow, and dene space. Three simple forms hang off aliving spine, creating a transparent, dynamic circulation and gallery space.Each element contains a different function and is dened by its ownmaterial. Junctions between these forms are special but unpredictable

spaces of tense high volumes of ltered and colored light. The spaces owout to the edge of the property and the integration of indoor to outdoorspace is seamless.

The pool is designed to integrate with the dining area, creating colored,warm reected light inside the space. The living and kitchen functions wraparound the outdoor living area, which cantilevers out into the park to thenorth. The elevations are deliberately ambiguous and dynamic as theychange from walls to screens within the same material and surface.

Elysium Noosa, Queensland, Australia

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The owners desire for a spacious home resulted in the development of aprogram that internalizes spaces such as pools and gardens normallyregarded as exterior features.

The intermingling of internal gardens and column-free vistas on the groundoor produces a continuous and unbroken visual depth that ties togetherthe entrance foyer, swimming pool, formal living area, internal gardencourt, and formal dining areas.

The environmental transparencies at ground level and between courtyardsare important in passively cooling the house. All the courtyards havediffering material nishes and therefore differing heat gain and latency

(water, grass, granite). As long as there are temperature differencesbetween courtyards, the living, dining, and pool house become conduits forbreezes that move between the courtyards, similar to the way land andsea breezes are generated.

Thick masonry walls on either side of the house minimize temperatureuctuations inside and also act as ducting to guide air currents betweencourtyards. At the second story, adjustable solid hardwood louvers allowthe desired amount of breeze and sunlight to lter through. Substantialtrellising on the ground oor minimizes sun entry into habitable areas.

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The clients inherited an abandoned farm overlooking Lake Mjsa. Theexisting barn was demolished due to rotting foundations, but the cladding,despite being more than 100 years old, was in good condition and wasused in the construction of this new 1,600-square-foot house. The spatialcomplexity, exposed construction, and material simplicity of the barn alsoinspired and informed the new architecture.

The interior organization has a dual focus, opening the entire faade towardthe lake to the north, while stepping the central space down to the terraceat the west side of the house. The series of common spaces at these

sloping axes are visually connected, opening the full length of the house. A childrens loft is above; the parents part of the house is below.

The main section rises toward the south to allow for the low winter sun toenter the building. The glazed and lofty winter garden works as a heatcollector during winter, and as a heat buffer for the rest of the house duringsummer.

The principal construction material is wood; the windows are lined withaluminum, and the ground oor is exposed concrete.

Farm House Toten, Norway

Jarmund/Vigsns AS Architects MNAL

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Approaching this house from a dock on the Willamette River, the sweep ofcurved glue-laminated beams and the rich hue of exposed wood andcopper trim make it stand out from its neighbors.

Inspired by its setting, the house was designed as a series of curves thatseem to ow over one another. A glu-lam beam dives into the oor at aside courtyard, while another breaks high overhead. Beyond the entry tothe house and around a staircase is a great open living space with a full wallof glass looking out to the river and shoreline beyond.

The home is lled with natural light that seems to roll down under thecurved ceiling and exposed beams before spilling into the living space. Gapsin the structure are lled with glass, making the building feel light andtransparent, with subtle reections that imply depth. Clerestory windowsopen to allow natural ventilation.

By contrast, the plan of the house is rectilinear, tight, and logical. The clientenjoys loft-style living and there are few interior partitions, with the mastersuite looking over the main living space, sharing the view.

Fennell ResidencePortland, Oregon, USA

Robert Oshatz Architect

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The built environment of San Pedro Garza Garca, a city in Nuevo Leon statein Mexico, has reached its limit and there are geographic barriers to furthergrowth. The city therefore encourages reutilization and remodeling of oldhouses. This residence, situated close to one of Garza Garcas main streetswas remodeled using the existing structure.

The existing structure was unfortunately quite disproportionate, making itdifcult to take advantage of the existing spaces. The solution was to partiallydemolish the front of the house in order to generate a veranda to control

pedestrian and vehicular access. This veranda was designed so that thehouses main entrance still had a presence from the street.

Inside the house, the new layout located the social and service areas on therst oor and the family area on the second oor. The social and familyareas are connected by double-height areas, but can be separated by asliding wall. In the backyard, the pool and patio are integrated into thebuilding by means of a swimming lane that runs alongside the house andis enhanced by a water fountain on each side.

FlamarionSan Pedro Garza Garca, Nuevo Leon,Mexico

RDLP Arquitectos

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This house is situated on a 13-acre rural lakeside property with no directlyabutting neighbors. Over the past 30 years, the owner has developed thecompound, adding a salvaged 19th-century carriage barn, converting aboathouse, and enlarging the original teahouse. This main house is thelatest in the collection.

The program includes a two-story central hall with living, dining, and kitchen,and a guest loft above. Flanking this central hall are two smaller wings, eachwith a bedroom and bathroom. The wings have dramatically differingcharacters: one is modern and glass-lled, while the other is traditional.

Each of the main architectural elements is situated on one of the two mainaxes, forming a cross. The classically proportioned form of the exteriorreects the distinct objectives of the two owners, celebrating them carefullyat each gable end. The modern gable of the west wing is fully glazed frombase through pediment; the traditional gable of the east wing presents aPalladian window and solid pediment; the gable at the south-facing kitchenhas a traditional base, culminating in a fully glazed pediment; nally, theformal entrance faade is dominated by a Vitruvian-proportion colonnadewith 24-inch diameter Tuscan order columns.

Foote-Pelletier ResidenceBremen, Maine, USA

Barba + Wheelock

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The site for this family residence is a hilltop occupied by a decommissionedmilitary bunkerthe re control station for Gunnery Nash at Fort Ward atthe south end of Bainbridge Island. The purchase price of the property wasset based on the assumption that substantial costs would be incurredremoving the circa-1904 bunker to allow for construction of a newresidence.

Rather than battle the bunker, an alliance was made. A concrete garage isaligned with the bunker, and together they serve as the base of the house.The primary living spaces are placed on a steel frame above. Within the

house, 24-inch-deep storage zones ank the living spaces. The kitchen,stair, and service areas form a core within the open plan. An open stairconnects to the bedroom oor above. A slot along the oor of the upperlanding links the two oors spatially while offering the children a lookoutover the kitchen and living room.

Since the house was completed, the owners have been working to restorethe native vegetation, which has been returning since the army abandonedthe site. Meanwhile, the bunkerhunkered in belowis restored not forcoastal defense, but as the worlds coolest play fort.

Fort Ward Bunker HouseBainbridge Island, Washington, USA

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The priority in the design for this house was to maximize outdoor play spacefor the clients young children. The living spaces were to be open to theoutdoors, with a clean, contemporary aesthetic.

The residence is separated into three main elements. The top, more privateelement is cantilevered over the driveway. The titanium and zinc cantilevergives the entrance to the house an enclosed, protected feel. The groundoor accommodates the social areas and features sliding pocket doors thatopen directly onto the lower garden. An organic, sculptural staircase acts asan anchor point for the house and a hinge for the two perpendicular main

elements. The third element of the house is the naturally lit basement,vertically connected to the social spaces of the house. One light source forthe basement is the void garden, the other a window that looks into theswimming pool.

The house features numerous sustainable design elements includingorientation to provide maximum cross-ventilation of the social spaces, theuse of in situ concrete and terrazzo to provide thermal mass, the use oflocally sourced teak, strategic positioning of skylights to provide ventilationand lighting, and recessed windows to provide shade and reduce solar gain.

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ONG&ONG Pte Ltd

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This 5,400-square-foot exposed steel and glass residence is rmly rooted ona challenging 2:1 sloping hillside in Montecito, California. Both stories utilizedramatic, oor-to-ceiling 12-foot glass walls for full views of the Montecitofoothills and the Santa Barbara coastline.

The front elevation features exposed steel moment frames around bothgarage doors and the rst-oor living room/second-oor master suite volumeto let the homeowners literally live among the 50-foot eucalyptus trees.

The steel beams and columns allow the cantilevered steel and glass canopyto protect the 12-foot corner glass wall of the living room below.

The steeply sloping site allowed for a private, living backyard with a 16-footwaterfall owing down the rear retaining wall, which is screened with Italiancypress. Throughout the rst oor, honed black granite ooring ows frominterior to exterior so that the living space appears to double when thestacking glass pocket doors are fully hidden away.

Frisina ResidenceMontecito, California, USA

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In this historic district, where large traditional houses prevail, this houseseeks a return to simple agrarian forms, colors, and textures typical to theregion, but lost long ago.

Two distinct gable structures recall, loosely, a farmhouse T plan, but theirexact conguration is atypical. Door and window openings are proportionedand spaced with classical regularity, while a continuous band of clerestorywindows separates volumes, lightens structure, and adds dimension tocertain interior spaces. The prevalence of natural light precludes the needfor articial light during daylight hours, and openings that respond toprevailing breezes substantially reduce the need for air conditioning.

The simple rectangular plan maximizes the efciency of the buildingenvelope. The driveway segments the lower level at the main entranceand leads to a turn-around adjacent to the garage. The resultant reductionin ground oor area minimizes the footprint (1,285 square feet) in alandscape originally designed by Frederick Law Olmstead.

Detailed with jewel-like precision, the ordinary is given richness withoutsuperuous decoration. The roof is zinc-coated copper, horizontal rainscreen siding is clear Western red cedar, and shingles are Grade A Easternwhite cedar. Heating is in-oor hydronic set in Gyp-Crete under rift-sawnwhite oak.

Glade HouseLake Forest, Illinois, USA

Frederick Phillips and Associates

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This small country residence is located on a steep up-sloping lot in InvernessPark, California, near Point Reyes National Seashore. The site contains largemature oak, r, and bay trees and has beautiful ltered views of TomalesBay to the northwest and wetlands to the northeast.

The goals of the project are common to West Coast residential livingpromoting enjoyment of the outdoors, maximizing views, and sensitivelyknitting the house to the land. The house and access road are carefullysituated to protect as many existing trees as possible. The house is designed

with ve oor levels, which gently step with the topography and createdistinct zones for living. The entry and circulation space, located at themiddle level, is designed as a light-infused central spine and joins thepublic living and dining spaces at the lower level with private bedroomareas at the upper levels. Each bedroom opens to its own private hillsidegarden at the top of the site, while the living and dining areas open toexpansive terraces with magnicent views to the bay and wetlands below.

Gradman HouseInverness Park, California, USA

Swatt | Miers Architects

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This new house is an alternative to more traditional city-center inllprojects; an unapologetic piece of architecture sitting within a strong urbancontext dened by site and planning constraints. The building is essentiallytwo living plates over a workshop, connected by a vertical service andcirculation core. It has been designed to sit discreetly within its moretraditional context, while giving the end of the terrace an appropriatelystrong presence.

The building is entered under a canopy, which extends internally to createa suppressed area inside the front door, emphasizing a triple-heightstairwell beyond. The experience of this space is further enhanced through

the introduction of a full-width rooight running the length of the building,ooding this volume with natural light. Accommodation comprises asecond-oor open-plan living, dining, and kitchen space linked to the rst-oor bedrooms and bathroom by the triple-height circulation zone. Thiscirculation volume extends down to the ground oor, providing access tothe lower garage area, the walled back garden behind, and the paved frontgarden facing the street. The enclosed back garden, to the rear of theproperty, is seen as a landscaped courtyard that opens directly into theground-oor volume and is partially sheltered by the cantilevered structureabove.

GrangegormanDublin, Ireland

ODOS Architects

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This project involved three main issues: the demand for a single-storyhouse, the wish to establish a direct relationship with the land and nature,and the need to provide privacy for all family members. The site is a smallvalley, protected from the wind and close to a lush native forest.

The basis of the design is a wooden modular grid, supported by sets ofconcrete pillars and large trussed corten steel beams, creating a light andethereal structure. The areas high humidity led the designers to raise thehouse above the ground. A mix of closed and open modules highlightthe structural continuity and enhance the spaces through which the gardencan be seen.

The residential block contains a bathing area, a social area, a guest roomand the owners apartment, and three separate modules, with twobedrooms each, for the children.

The leisure pavilion, located at the top of a hill, with generous mountainviews, is divided into two blocks, with the same modulation as the mainresidence. A further three service pavilions, housing a garage, housekeepershouse, staff accommodation, dressing rooms, and warehouses, use the samebasic module in a stone structure.

Grid HouseSerra da Mantiqueira, So Paulo, Brazil

Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes FerrazArquitetos

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This house, designed for a couple and their three small children, is in asmall coastal beach community on Australias east coast. The site affordslong southern views down the local river system, while the yard has viewsnorth over the local village. The house was planned around this northernoutdoor space, which incorporates a covered terrace/dining area.

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